Self Care - Polly Jemima

Reasons Why You Need to Maintain Your Oral Health

July 5, 2024

Maintaining oral health is a crucial aspect of overall well-being, yet it is often overlooked until serious issues arise. In Tennessee, where health metrics frequently lag behind other states, the importance of oral hygiene takes on an added significance. Good dental practices not only prevent diseases specific to the mouth but also play a vital...

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Marching to the Beat of Radical Self-Care: Embracing a Month of Wellness

March 8, 2024

I hit a wall at the end of February. I’ve been feeling increasingly burnt out since the start of the year, and I’ve reached a point when I just can’t keep pretending {to myself as well as the world} that everything is OK. The last few years have been a lot, so much unprocessed trauma...

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November Journal Prompts

November 17, 2023

“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.” E.M. Forster A little late sharing these, the first two weeks of November have flown by! It’s been pretty wet and cold here, pretty miserable and we’ve been holed up at home far more than I...

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Monthly Mindfulness Challenge

October 15, 2023

This month’s mindfulness challenge Mindful Breathing Something that you can do anywhere and anytime. Just for one minute, do nothing but focus on your breathing. Begin by slowly breathing in through your nose, and slowly out through your mouth. One cycle of breath should take around 6 seconds. Let go of any worries, to-do lists,...

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Small pockets of time

September 11, 2023

Breathe. Sometimes I need to remind myself to stop for a minute and just breathe. Days can get overwhelming, and as we rush from one task to the next, we forget to slow down and allow ourselves a moment or two. For those with kids in school, it’s back to the old routine this week....

Winter Self Care Tips

January 23, 2023

The long, dark nights and freezing cold days of winter make me yearn to curl up in my bed and stay there until spring! If it wasn’t for the fact the kiddos would get cabin fever {and possibly I would too} I’d actually consider just not leaving the house for a few month from now....

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A ‘Do Nothing Day’

October 13, 2022

How often do you allow yourself to do nothing? When you’re ill? Or just worn out? Or do you push yourself to keep going? I’ve always been terrible at doing nothing. I think part of it is anxiety – that constant need to be busy so that I don’t have to listen to it. Even...

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Listening to my body

October 8, 2021

All week long I’ve had a migraine. Not a really bad one, thankfully, just a little one niggling in the background. Finally today, I think {HOPE} that it has finally gone. At first I was really annoyed, and then I realised it was a sign from my body that I wasn’t loving it enough. I...

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